Objective TO PROVIDE SEISMOLOGICAL DATA TO THE POTENTIAL USERS IN THE EC FOR SPECIFIC STUDIES. THE DATA BANK WOULD INCLUDE : -EARTHQUAKE DATA SENSU STRICTO THE FIRST PHASES IN IMPLEMENTING THE DATA BANK CONCERN THE EARTHQUAKE DATA PROPERLY.THOSE HAVE BEEN TENTATIVELY DIVIDED IN "LEVELS": I- LEVEL 1A DATA ("DERIVED PARAMETERS") : EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS WHICH CHARACTERIZE AN EARTHQUAKE AND RESULT FROM COMPUTATIONS CONDUCTED ON ELABORATED DATA (LEVEL 1B DATA), EXAMPLES : FOCUS COORDINATES, MAGNITUDES, FOCAL SOLUTIONS, ...; II - LEVEL 1B DATA ("READ PARAMETERS") : DATA ELABORATED FROM OBSERVATIONAL DATA (LEVEL 2 DATA) AND USED TO PRODUCE DERIVED PARAMETERS (LEVEL 1A DATA) EXAMPLES : PHASE READINGS, AMPLITUDES, PERIODS, ...; III - LEVEL 2 DATA : OBSERVATIONAL (RAW OR STANDARDIZED) DATA FROM WHICH LEVEL 1B DATA ARE READ, EXAMPLES : WAVEFORMS, ... ; IV - LEVEL 3 DATA : ANCILLARY DATA, EXAMPLES : LOCATION OF STATIONS, TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS IN A STATION, STATION RESPONSE, ... LEVELS 1A AND 1B INCLUDE DIGITAL DATA, WHICH SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE ON A QUASI-REAL TIME BASIS FOR THE USER. LEVEL 2 INCLUDES MUCH MORE VARIED DATA : DIGITAL WAVEFORMS ACQUIRED BY MODERN INSTRUMENTS, ANALOGICAL (EVENTUALLY DIGITIZABLE) WAVEFORMS RECORDED BY STANDARD (OR ANCIENT) INSTRUMENTS, ANALOGICAL MACROSEISMIC INFORMATIONS, ETC... ; IN ANY CASE DIGITAL LEVEL 2 DATA ARE MUCH MORE BIT-CONSUMING THAN THE TWO FIRST LEVEL DATA ; ACCESS TO DIGITAL LEVEL 2 DATA BY USERS COULD CERTAINLY BE MORE OR LESS DELAYED, AND OF COURSE THIS WILL BE THE RULE FOR NON-DIGITAL LEVEL 2 DATA. AT THE VERY BEGINNING LEVELS 1A AND 1B WILL BE MAINLY CONSIDERED, EVEN THOUGH LEVEL 2 WILL NOT BE IGNORED COMPLETELY (SPECIALLY IN ESTABLISHING CLOSE CONTACTS WITH BROAD-BAND SEISMOLOGISTS AND THEIR OWN PROJECTS PART OF LEVEL 3 WILL ALSO BE A NECESSITY (LOCATION OF STATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE). Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologyseismology Programme(s) FP1-CLIMAT 3C - Multiannual R&D programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment - Climatology and natural hazards - , 1986-1990 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CENTRE SISMOLOGIQUE EURO-MEDITERRANEEN EU contribution No data Address 5 RUE RENE DESCARTES 67084 STRASBOURG France See on map Total cost No data